KISHOREGANJ Oct 16 (UNB): Fifteen people, including seven with bullets, were injured in a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) over forming new district BCL committee in the Station Road area of the district town Wednesday night....
In a major reshuffle in the administration, the government has transferred four secretaries and given them new postings, reports UNB. A gazette notification to this effect was issued by the Public Administration Ministry Thursday. It said Industries Secretary Mohammad Moinuddin...
FE Report | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
Speakers at a seminar held in the city Thursday highly emphasised on family farming for better food security and achieving self sufficiency in food. They said people can produce crops as per their requirements through household farming which is also...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim announced Thursday that the physicians, who would attain degree on anesthesia, would be given special offers, reports BSS. "Modern hospitals have been established at many places in the country, where physicians and nurses...
Two writ petitions were filed with the High Court (HC) Thursday seeking its directives on the concerned authorities to tackle possible spread of the deadly Ebola virus in the country, reports BSS. Lawyer Asaduzzaman Siddiqui filed one writ petition on...
AB Bank's ATM booth guard found dead An ATM booth security guard of a private commercial bank was found dead in the capital's Darus Salam area Thursday afternoon, police said. The victim was identified as Abu Saleh Hawlader (55), hailed...
SATKHIRA, Oct 16 (UNB):A Bangladeshi young man was shot to death by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members at Boikari border point in Sadar Upazila early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Ayub Ali, 35, son of Shamser Ali of...
COX'S BAZAR, Oct 16 (UNB):Police in a drive recovered 18,000 Yaba tablets from the Musuni Rohingya camp area of Teknaf Upazila on Thursday morning. Tipped off that some smugglers kept a huge consignment of Yaba tablets, coming from Myanmar, in...
UAE Ambassador in Bangladesh Dr Saeed Bin Hajar Al-Shehi made a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Thursday, reports UNB. During the meeting, the UAE ambassador handed over a letter invitingthe President to attend the World Islamic...
The 9th death anniversary of MA Samad, founder of Bangladesh General Insurance Company Ltd (BGIC) will be observed today (Friday). After his retirement as managing director of Jiban Bima Corporation, he established BGIC, the first insurance company in private sector...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions today (Friday). Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere...
Kathin Chibor Dan' festival today 'Kathin Chibor Dan' festival, one of the main religious festivals of Buddhist community, organised by Bangladesh Buddha Mahabihar, Dhaka will be observed at Uttara in the city at 2:00 pm today (Friday). Former ministers Advocate...
Syful Islam | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh will press for protection of its interest as a least developed country (LDC) in the trade ministers' meeting of Developing-8 (D-8) countries scheduled to be held in Istanbul next week, officials said. A four-member Bangladesh delegation, led by commerce...
Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Bodi, accused of concealing wealth, has failed to secure bail at the judges court after being rejected at the magistrates court, reports bdnews24.com. Judge Jahrul Haque of Dhaka's Special Judge's Court ordered him back to...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
The government's inadequate budget and poor campaign have jeopardised a project aimed to report adverse drug reaction (ADR), sources said. As per the government's initiative, reporting forms are distributed among the physicians who are supposed to fill it up saying...
FE Report | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
Claiming all the preconditions now fulfilled with the appointment of 189 factory inspectors, a junior minister Thursday asked US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena what will be the response from the US government now in reviving the suspended GSP...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered again a huge cache of arms and ammunition, including three machine guns, four spare barrels and eight magazines, from a jungle at Satchhari, near the Indian border, in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district...
Sammilito Islami Dal Samuho, a coalition of Islamist parties, on Thursday threatened to enforce a daylong countrywide hartal on October 26 if sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique is not arrested by October 22 for his disparaging remarks about hajj, reports...
Monira Munni | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
One of the major conditions set for restoring and retaining the GSP facility on the US and European markets is all but met as Bangladesh Public Service Commission recommended Thursday recruiting another 189 inspectors for overseeing conditions of factories. Officials...
Munima Sultana | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
Fate of the 2nd elevated expressway on Dhaka-Ashulia Road hangs in the balance as the Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) remains silent despite inviting bidding early last year on the basis of Public Private Partnership (PPP). Officials said the BBA invited...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged Greece Thursday to invest in Bangladesh, availing of congenial investment facilities, reports UNB. She also requested her Greece counterpart for taking more steps for ensuring the welfare of Bangladeshi expatriates living in his country. The...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
The World Bank will help improve Bangladesh's financial sector in enabling it to deliver better services to productive ventures, especially for promoting export-oriented industries, official sources said. Ministry of finance (MoF) officials said the Bank had already pledged US$300 million...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Oct 16: Construction of 5,200-metre-long Muradpur-Lalkhan Bazar Flyover on the CDA Avenue will start next month (November) under the supervision of a broad-based panel. A coordination meeting of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) with other service providers, like Chittagong WASA,...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
US oil giant Chevron is eyeing an increase in its overall natural gas output in the country by 25 per cent within 2015 with the inauguration of the Bibiyana gas plant expansion project due for next month, a top official...
JHALAKAThI, Oct 16 (UNB): Limon Hossain who was shot and maimed by Rab three years and seven months back came out clean as a court here on Thursday exempted him from the charges in a case filed for obstructing law...
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